Lura Population - Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya

Lura is a medium size village located in Saipung Block of Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya with total 73 families residing. The Lura village has population of 431 of which 219 are males while 212 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lura village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 21.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lura village is 968 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Lura as per census is 1214, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Lura village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Lura village was 62.72 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Lura Male literacy stands at 71.19 % while female literacy rate was 53.42 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Lura village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Lura village.

Lura Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	73	-	-
Population	431	219	212
Child (0-6)	93	42	51
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	427	216	211
Literacy	62.72 %	71.19 %	53.42 %
Total Workers	153	98	55
Main Worker	143	-	-
Marginal Worker	10	4	6

Caste Factor

In Lura village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.07 % of total population in Lura village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lura village of Jaintia Hills.

Work Profile

In Lura village out of total population, 153 were engaged in work activities. 93.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 153 workers engaged in Main Work, 125 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.